English
annotate
Annotate comes from Latin annotātus, from notō ‘to mark, note’, and ultimately from nota.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnota‘mark, sign’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnotōas notāre‘to mark, note’next step skipped: Latin annotō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEannotātus
- Englishtodayannotate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnota‘mark, sign’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnotōas notāre‘to mark, note’next step skipped: Latin annotō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEannotātus
- Englishtodayannotate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, could, know, normal, recognition, glory, con, ignore, narrative, ken, keen, ignorant, norm, cunning, prognosis, narration, connoisseur, uncouth, canny, kith, recognizance, gnosis, canna, cun, 84 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti ‘to recognise’
diagnostic, gnome, agnostic, 40 more
through Latin gnōscō
recognize, cognitive, quaint, incognito, noblesse, precognition, ignoble, 30 more
through Latin nōscō ‘to become acquainted with something, learn…’
notice, noble, notion, notorious, cognition, nobility, notoriety, acquaint, cognizance, 23 more
through Latin nota ‘mark, sign’
through Latin notō ‘to mark, note’
Today it means
verb To add annotation to.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin nota / annotate